Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor - DESSAY / GERGIEV / MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA & CHORUS (2 HYBRID SACDS)

Natalie Dessay (Lucia), Piotr Beczala (Edgardo), Vladislav Sulimsky (Enrico), Dmitry Voropaev (Arturo), Ilya Bannik (Raimondo), Zhanna Dombrovskaya (Alisa) & Sergei Skorokhodov (Normanno)

Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev

how authentic a Donizettian can [Gergiev] be? The basic answer is that the tinta he establishes for the work - a dark sound with good forward winds and present brass...creates real atmosphere...this is a neurotic, depressed Donizetti, surely right for this story. If this is not always Italian slancio, it certainly has its own mood and lift...It is also sensitive to dynamic markings: this is rarely a loud experience.--GRAMOPHONE

1-1 Prelude and introductory chorus "Search through the neighbouring shores..." 4:26
1-2 Scene and Cavatina "You are disturbed..." 2:50
1-3 Larghetto "You have aroused..." 2:05
1-4 Coro di Cacciatori "Once and for all..." 2:05
1-5 Allegro moderato "Pity for her vainly..." 3:32
1-6 Scene and Cavatina "He still has not come!" 4:06
1-7 Larghetto "The deep, dark night brooded..." 4:05
1-8 Moderato "When carried away..." 4:58
1-9 Scene and duet - Finale I "He is coming!" 2:30
1-10 Larghetto "On the tomb..." 5:16
1-11 Moderato assai "My ardent sighs..." 4:30
1-12 Scene "Lucy will come to you soon" 2:55
1-13 Duet "Come here, Lucy..." 5:25
1-14 Larghetto "I suffered in tears..." 4:42
1-15 Vivace "If you can betray me..." 2:56
1-16 Scene and aria "Well?" 4:02
1-17 Moderato "You are offering yourself..." 3:32
2-1 Finale II - Chorus and Cavatina "Through you there is great rejoicing..." 1:20
2-2 Meno mosso "Your star almost vanished..." 2:05
2-3 Scene and quartet of finale II "Where is Lucy?" 3:48
2-4 Larghetto "Who restrains me..." 3:31
2-5 Seguitto e stretta del finale II "Be gone, villain..." 1:11
2-6 Moderato "Rash fellow!" 4:24
2-7 Storm, scene and duet "The night is as horrid..." 2:06
2-8 Andante "Ashton!" 7:45
2-9 Chorus "Raise a shout..." 1:32
2-10 Grand scene with chorus "Stop, ah, stop your merrymaking!" 4:40
2-11 Scene and aria "Oh, good heavens!" 2:48
2-12 Allegretto "Alas!" 11:23
2-13 Moderato "Sprinkle my earthly..." 4:14
2-14 Scene "Carry her to another place..." 1:39
2-15 Aria finale "Tombs of my forebears..." 10:19
2-16 Moderato "You that have spread..." 4:25